A New Super Nintendo Game will be Released in 2013!

[lizard81288]

Nightmare Busters

Where's your SNES? If you're like us, you regretfully don't know. If you had more respect than that 16-year-old us, it's under a bed somewhere. If you're a nostalgic demi-God it's hooked up in your living room and Mario Kart is still wedged tightly into it.

To the latter two, this may be of interest. A video game development, production and publishing company based in San Diego, is to launch the first SNES game since September 1998:

Super Fighter Team (bonus points for badass company name) are launching Nightmare Busters, a game they describe as: "A masterful run and gun game for the Super Nintendo, Super Famicom and all compatible video game systems."

Nightmare Busters was a platformer that never saw release. But unlike many games that were abandoned, it was eventually released in 2004 for cell phones as Flynn's Adventure. It made it onto Nintendo Power' Magazine's 1995 preview issue and the image above is a scan from that mag, courtesy of Retromags.

Brandon Cobb, president of Super Fighter Team and producer of Nightmare Busters said: "We're not expected to begin shipping until 2013. Placing a pre-order now will give you the opportunity to enjoy the game at release with no worry of missing out."

Price wise nothing has been confirmed, but things don't look great...

"The manufacture of a new, region-free video game product for the Super Nintendo is considerably more expensive than manufacturing a similar product for the Sega Genesis or Atari Lynx, the platforms our company has previously produced commercial products for." He continued. "Therefore our usual asking price per unit is unfortunately not possible. We must adjust the product price accordingly to compensate for the added production costs.

"We normally produce only 300 units of our video game products at once. Because we have committed ourselves to accepting pre-orders for the first 600 copies of Nightmare Busters, we ask that only the most serious fans participate in the pre-order process: in essence, individuals whom are eager to play and enjoy the game and are therefore willing to patiently wait for its release date."

Which means it's probably going to be pricey, but surely worth the wallet for die-hard SNESers?



http://www.shortlist.com/entertainme...ame-since-1998

It would have made more sense to put it on wiiware/3dsware than to make if you the SNES.

[Aeolus Aeneas]

put it on wiiware/3dsware

Get off my Internet.

But anyway, I bet it'll suck.

[eternal_w]

I wonder why now after these years?

[Ragnar]

It would have made more sense to put it on wiiware/3dsware than to make if you the SNES.

No, just no. You've missed the entire point. If they wanted any sort of mass availability they could easily port it into some fucking flash game that nobody would care about. The point is that they're making genuine retro games. It's not a business, they're just doing what they love.

I wonder why now after these years?

Super Fighter Team has been translating and releasing unreleased retro games for several years now:
http://superfighter.com/

It's not a new activity for them. I think it's their first SNES game, so there's some fresh press.

[Aeolus Aeneas]

I bet you this gets destroyed by a C&D just as they're flashing the carts.

[Knightshade]

my contribution an addition to the OP from the site now we have some prices to go on.


For those serious fans who wish to be guaranteed a copy of Nightmare Busters, the product pre-order costs are as follows:

USD$60.00 per unit + USPS priority shipping. Shipping is USD$8.00 to destinations within the USA, and USD$15.00 to destinations outside of the USA. Thus, the total cost per unit comes to:

USD$68.00 for customers within the USA.
USD$75.00 for customers outside of the USA.

Pre-order payments will only be accepted via PayPal or money order in US funds:

[Chet Starr]

Game doesn't look too interesting, but who can say no to new SNES games

[eternal_w]

It's not a new activity for them. I think it's their first SNES game, so there's some fresh press.

their first game? wow...

i have to search my garage for my snes console if i wanted to play it...

but it's really expensive, huh?

[Muscab]

I love retro games and this is a fuckin good information. Unbelievable.

[lizard81288]

I brought up 3ds/wiiware, was because I would assume they would get more sales. paying $5 is an easier pill to swallow than paying $68. Although, I bet if this game winds up on Ebay, the prices would probably be triple that.

[luffy4]

it IS an interesting idea, but only hardcore SNES fans will be willing to sink $70 into a game for an old console

[Ragnar]

I brought up 3ds/wiiware, was because I would assume they would get more sales. paying $5 is an easier pill to swallow than paying $68. Although, I bet if this game winds up on Ebay, the prices would probably be triple that.

These always end up on eBay, as resellers tend to gobble them up... They make a profit, but not triple. The Pier Solar 1st print that needed you to prepay ~2 years before the game was finished/released sold for around double IIRC. Anybody remotely interested in these games should know full well about the publishers/developers, and be giving their money to them.

it IS an interesting idea, but only hardcore SNES fans will be willing to sink $70 into a game for an old console

You know how many thousands of hardcore SNES fans there are? I wouldn't hesitate to buy this myself, if I thought the game would be my cup of tea

[luffy4]

well yes, but exactly how MANY thousands? if it was like 2000 i don't know if it would be worth the effort, but IDK, my first console was 64, besides i doubt this game would be a officially liscenesed title

[Iamerror]

I still have my snes, but $60 sounds like a lot. That's what you pay for a new wii game. I might get it, but the price bothers me. Although, I am excited to hear that a company is producing games for old consoles, however the price needs to come down.

[Pickles]

Wow, what a bunch of retards. The company for making it, and you guys for talking about it.